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i can't help but relate this to iraq. nobody wanted our discussions with the iraqi government for a presence in iraq after our troops left to fail more than iran did. and in fact, they were working on that. the fact that it did fail and we have no continuing presence in iraq i think is part of the reason why iran's influences spread there and so incidentally has al qaeda re- emerged again. i think those are warnings to us about how important it is to do exactly what you have called for, which is to have a good -- much smaller but a real american presence. let me just ask you to talk a bit about -- i would assume you don't want to talk numbers of american troops in afghan after 2014, but what are some of the kinds of -- besides the psychological effect or the message effect that we have talked about, what are some of the kinds of actual missions that follow on u.s. presence would have in afghanistan after 2014? >> senator, i would foresee our two main missions be counterterrorism operations and advise and assist to the afg
i can't help but relate this to iraq. nobody wanted our discussions with the iraqi government for a presence in iraq after our troops left to fail more than iran did. and in fact, they were working on that. the fact that it did fail and we have no continuing presence in iraq i think is part of the reason why iran's influences spread there and so incidentally has al qaeda re- emerged again. i think those are warnings to us about how important it is to do exactly what you have called for, which...
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road to monitor insurgent activity to be accessible to resupply since most of the helicopters were in iraq, and to be close to local villages. captain matt gooding, first long term commander at keating said winning over locals was initially a near impossible feat. did they want you there? >> 90% did not want us there. 10% did. >> reporter: do you think they knew who was trying to kill you? >> absolutely. >> reporter: in the early days the ter trrain would pose the challenge. in 1996 the road they were trying to improve claimed the life of ben keating, for whom the outpost was named, when his truck overturned. soon troops stopped using the road for resupply though that was one of the main reason the outpost had been put there. the u.s. in the valley had successes and failures, by may, 2009, security there had completely deteriorated. [ gunfire ] captain christopher cord? ova was the top medical man for the last unit deployed to the outpost that if came in in the dead of night. when the sun rose, what,000 did you think when you looked around at the top? >> hard to believe we were stationed i
road to monitor insurgent activity to be accessible to resupply since most of the helicopters were in iraq, and to be close to local villages. captain matt gooding, first long term commander at keating said winning over locals was initially a near impossible feat. did they want you there? >> 90% did not want us there. 10% did. >> reporter: do you think they knew who was trying to kill you? >> absolutely. >> reporter: in the early days the ter trrain would pose the...
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general dunford led a regiment in the 2003 invasion of iraq. president obama spoke with reporters for a little less than an hour yesterday. it was his first news conference since early this year. >> good afternoon, everybody. please have a seat. i hear you have some questions for me. but let me just make a few remarks at the top and then i'll open it up. first of all, i want to reiterate what i said on friday. right now, our economy is still recovering from a very deep and damaging crisis. so our top priority has to be jobs and growth. we've got to build on the progress that we've made. because this nation succeeds when we've got a growing, thriving middle class. and that's the idea at the core of the plan that i talked about on the campaign trail over the last year, rewarding manufacturers and small businesses that create jobs here, not overseas, providing more americans the chance to earn skills that businesses are looking for right now. keeping this country at the forefront of research, technology, and clean energy, putting people back to wo
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really pushing for the idea that there should be some sort of military action against iraq so there may well have been some sort of maneuvering behind the scenes by other senior intelligence officer to try and get rid of someone that they would see as an outsider peddling a line which they don't agree with and which undermines that national stage is going to be. opinion and speculation of what's behind this high profile scandal. has to have you also want to make of the timing and here's how opinion is divided at the moment so to say if the damning information came out to prevent general petraeus from testifying about that time in the u.s. in been god it is all over a clue to believe it's part of a bigger plot to overhaul the leadership in a number of top jobs twenty percent say they timing is their links to the u.s. presidential vote with a cover up taking place to ensure obama's reelection roughly the same number see no foul play saying it's purely patris is a mistake that led to his downfall let us know what you think on the altar page. browsers. may miss it's in ways a nanny has dayc
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it as the legitimate voice of the syrian people and then you have members of the arab league such as iraq and lebanon that have not fully given their support to opposition fighters in their attempt to topple the syrian president bashar assad they are a number of questions and concerns still outstanding not least among them the whole question of the supply of weapons the question of foreign intervention and also the question of who makes up this opposition coalition it has for days if not weeks now been fractured by internal bickering it is essentially a patchwork of organizations and people that have very different political and religious backgrounds and affiliations so many people are asking well if in fact it is effective and how effective its connections and its ties are with the syrian opposition that is active inside syria. prances full indorsement of the syrian opposition unity blog comes amid fears that there's a growing number of extremists fighting on the side of the rebels and fact from the free syrian army the military branch of the opposition told us their commanders are not a
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they traveled throughout iraq and i think there was tension between them. over the course of sell years and i tried to document it in the book their relationship comes full board to the other side. not like his relationship with bush but they're pretty close now and i think the president's excited to have him on his team and you can probably call him an obama guy. >> rose: there was a time when the president first went to meet him there, that there was some fetch between the two of them. >> to meet him in iraq. >> rose: yes. >> there was some tension because i don't think the president, senator obama at the time really believed what we were doing and the surge could work and was opposed to it. petraeus thought it was working and there was statistics and metrics to show what we were doing was showing progress. >> rose: and then he came home. >> petraeus came home. he came home from iraq that's right and went to central command after that. this is what he calls his favorite, his best assignment was really again a broadening experience for him at his senior ra
they traveled throughout iraq and i think there was tension between them. over the course of sell years and i tried to document it in the book their relationship comes full board to the other side. not like his relationship with bush but they're pretty close now and i think the president's excited to have him on his team and you can probably call him an obama guy. >> rose: there was a time when the president first went to meet him there, that there was some fetch between the two of them....
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we had these rules in iraq. they worked really well. kept you focused on your job. why did you allow this woman to write a by graph on you. she hadn't completed her, biography on you? he wasn't aware that was a biography at the beginning. he took her as a mentor. she came over to afghanistan and his understanding it was going to be a book about the war. it wasn't until some months in the process this was going to be a biography on him. at that point he thought she was too far along not to help her out he decided to help her finish it. >> greta: he doesn't hold himself out as victim when you had the conversation with him. he wasn't sort of entrapped by this. does he portray himself as victim in any way? >> not at all. he thought highly of paula. he was helping her along as up and coming young officer. as he does a number of other officers. he add meishd her in terms of physical capability and ambition. that is good to a certain extent in all people. she used leveraged contacts to weasel into his inner circle. he allowed it to happen. he doesn't portray himself as a v
we had these rules in iraq. they worked really well. kept you focused on your job. why did you allow this woman to write a by graph on you. she hadn't completed her, biography on you? he wasn't aware that was a biography at the beginning. he took her as a mentor. she came over to afghanistan and his understanding it was going to be a book about the war. it wasn't until some months in the process this was going to be a biography on him. at that point he thought she was too far along not to help...
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and he had a frequent contact with him via video teleconference from iraq. in fact the two call each other good personal friends. i think, of you can juxtapose that with his relationship with this president in that when they really first it was senator obama and petraeus was in iraq. obama was opposed to that war. he called it the war of choice afghan a war of necessity. they traveled throughout iraq and i think there was tension beyears and i tried to document it in the book their relationship comes full board to the other side. not like his relationship with bush but they're pretty close now and i think the president's excited to have him on his team and you can probably call him an obama guy. >> rose: there was a time when the president first went to meet him there, that there was some fetch between the two of them. >> to meet him in iraq. >> rose: yes. >> there was some tension because i don't think the president, senator obama at the time really believed what we were doing and the surge could work and was opposed to it. petraeus thought it was working a
and he had a frequent contact with him via video teleconference from iraq. in fact the two call each other good personal friends. i think, of you can juxtapose that with his relationship with this president in that when they really first it was senator obama and petraeus was in iraq. obama was opposed to that war. he called it the war of choice afghan a war of necessity. they traveled throughout iraq and i think there was tension beyears and i tried to document it in the book their relationship...
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he serveed this country with distinction in iraq afghanistan, and head of c.i.a. people are innocent until proven guilty. >> jennifer: that's president obama speaking out for the first time about the sex scandal that abruptly ended the career of four-star general petraeus. he has a lot of people who saw him as a golden boy wondering what happened to the fellow who could do no wrong. but as tonight's first guest points out generals are human too. thomas ricks is a pulitzer prize author of "the generals." welcome inside "the war room"." >> very appropriate. >> jennifer: you've known petraeus for a very long time, for 15 years. >> since he was a colonel. >> jennifer: were you surprised. >> very surprised. he was the last guy--for good and bad reasons. he was a very disciplined guy and someone who kept an eye on his career. who knew how troublesome this could be and went ahead and did it any ways. that surprised me. on the other hand, you put a healthy human being out in the war zone three tours in iraq, one in afghanistan there are enough stresses that could warp the
he serveed this country with distinction in iraq afghanistan, and head of c.i.a. people are innocent until proven guilty. >> jennifer: that's president obama speaking out for the first time about the sex scandal that abruptly ended the career of four-star general petraeus. he has a lot of people who saw him as a golden boy wondering what happened to the fellow who could do no wrong. but as tonight's first guest points out generals are human too. thomas ricks is a pulitzer prize author of...
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he was very supportive of iraq, very supportive of the surge in afghanistan. those wars have been a complete and utter failure something michael hastings has been outspoken about. >> cenk: first of all erin burnett talked about why she liked general petraeus so much. >> he made us all feel special and he'd respond to emails. >> cenk: well, it's funny emails got him in trouble in the first place. the cozy, oh, my god general petraeus, he was doing a great job in iraq and afghanistan because he likes us, he made us feel special and hastings took that on on piers morgan last night. >> the media has played a role in protecting david petraeus and portraying him and mythologying general pelt race. a roommate in baghdad was involved in one of the most recent foreign policy debacles is addressing general petraeus. those raising those concerns, you might not get that from cnn a spokesperson for the pentagon in many ways. >> our own notebook there, a body slam of cnn and the generals. i want to show you cnn's reaction. >> bob is not a spokesperson for the agency. >> i f
he was very supportive of iraq, very supportive of the surge in afghanistan. those wars have been a complete and utter failure something michael hastings has been outspoken about. >> cenk: first of all erin burnett talked about why she liked general petraeus so much. >> he made us all feel special and he'd respond to emails. >> cenk: well, it's funny emails got him in trouble in the first place. the cozy, oh, my god general petraeus, he was doing a great job in iraq and...
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as far as to say that it is the legitimate representative of the syrian people political analyst in iraq will talk to syrians would never want an opposition formed with the goal of american pressure to grow a poet. i'm glad to see that this collection of corrupt dictatorships is instructing the syrian people as to who their representatives ought to be how about the representatives of the saudi arabian people of the bahraini and people or people of qatar or charge of the arrest of these dictatorships so what would an outrage that they're the course they're just a subsidiary of the pentagon and of the cia this is part of the long term plot by the u.s. by britain by france by turkey by israel and i'm no fan of assad i might say but. good things are watch words after gadhafi in libya they're going to be much worse if they succeed in overthrowing assad this opposition group was trained in turkey at various american air force bases there are many of them are libyan al-qaeda types they're from other countries they're not syrians they're foreign fighters whatever is wrong with assad i think the
as far as to say that it is the legitimate representative of the syrian people political analyst in iraq will talk to syrians would never want an opposition formed with the goal of american pressure to grow a poet. i'm glad to see that this collection of corrupt dictatorships is instructing the syrian people as to who their representatives ought to be how about the representatives of the saudi arabian people of the bahraini and people or people of qatar or charge of the arrest of these...
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a really cool really pushing for the idea that there should be some sort of military action against iraq so there may well have been some sort of maneuvering behind the scenes by other senior intelligence officers to try and get rid of someone that he was he is not tied into his peddling a line which they don't agree with and which undermines their national and state are going to. hear it out he will keep you updated on high stakes a love story unfolds but there you go is a bit of over the story if you like at r.t. dot com there's a poll there are getting your opinion what you think of the timing of all of this let's see how the numbers add up with this hour from our two dot com there are so far shows that just over a third thinking the scandal is part of a manufactured effort to prevent betrayers from testifying on the benghazi killings a quarter an hour saying it's part of a drive to really hold the military's leadership at this hour believing the election was at the root of it all and the affair was hushed up until obama was reelected. same number see no link to that ultimately it was
a really cool really pushing for the idea that there should be some sort of military action against iraq so there may well have been some sort of maneuvering behind the scenes by other senior intelligence officers to try and get rid of someone that he was he is not tied into his peddling a line which they don't agree with and which undermines their national and state are going to. hear it out he will keep you updated on high stakes a love story unfolds but there you go is a bit of over the...
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really important really pushing for the idea that there should be some sort of military action against iraq so there may well have been some sort of maneuvering behind the scenes by other senior intelligence officer to try and get rid of some of that now with he is not tied in with peddling a line which they don't agree with and which undermines their national interest. well we'll keep you posted now this high stakes love story unfold it goes keep press for is what r.t. dot com there you'll find a poll about what you think of the timing of it all takes taken out of you have so far the story telling us the vote so far shows that just over a third of you think the scandals of a manufactured effort to prevent trains from testifying on the big garden killings they're less than a quarter say it's part of a drive you think to really hold the military's leadership if if you believe the election was at the root of it all and that affair was hushed up until about who was reelected by the same number say we don't see a link at all and that alternately was betrayed his own space. don't you think dot c
really important really pushing for the idea that there should be some sort of military action against iraq so there may well have been some sort of maneuvering behind the scenes by other senior intelligence officer to try and get rid of some of that now with he is not tied in with peddling a line which they don't agree with and which undermines their national interest. well we'll keep you posted now this high stakes love story unfold it goes keep press for is what r.t. dot com there you'll...
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i worked with general petraeus when he was in iraq and i was in iraq. the idea that he would in some fashion tailor his testimony to congress seems to me unlikely knowing the man. shocked by his personal failure, and i don't believe he tailored his testimony. >> i agree with you 100%. the man i knew would never do that. >> w look. we're all human and we all have our failings. when you're in a position of leadership apes general petraeus was in both military and civilian life, you're called to a higher responsibility. i think that's why when the time came, he decided to resign. >> going back to the substantive issue of benghazi, isn't it possible that the secret nature of the cia operation in benghazi complicated the administration's telling of the facts and circumstances surrounding thes attack? >> youes. that's a possibility, although it seems to me that by the morning ofe the 12th, the morning after the attack, everybody knew what had happened. even the press was reporting this wasan a secret annex, so i don't know exactly what they were protecting af
i worked with general petraeus when he was in iraq and i was in iraq. the idea that he would in some fashion tailor his testimony to congress seems to me unlikely knowing the man. shocked by his personal failure, and i don't believe he tailored his testimony. >> i agree with you 100%. the man i knew would never do that. >> w look. we're all human and we all have our failings. when you're in a position of leadership apes general petraeus was in both military and civilian life, you're...
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really important really pushing for the idea that there should be some sort of military action against iraq so there may well have been some sort of maneuvering behind the scenes by other senior intelligence officers to try and get rid of someone that they would see as an outsider who is peddling a line which they don't agree with and which undermines their national data. because the first keep you updated on how this high stakes love story unfolds breasted r.t. dot com also a poll there about what you think of the timing of it all this what you're telling us so far just. over a third of you think the scandals part of a manufactured effort to prevent protests from testifying on the big guys the killings taking a close look about the graph a little less than a quarter of you say it's part of a drive to recall the military leadership of fifty just about i believe the election was at the root of all this the affair was hushed up until a bomber was reelected and about the same number signal it could all a little to much use for tracy's own mistake you can have your say and our t.v. dot com plen
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decided to to go soft on very good question parts but again they did send weapons they did send money for iraq of proxies qatar will send the money so here it was in the money after he was hosting the variables and their arming training ground. zero all of this was done on behalf of the western nations and the western powers that equation parts was a little bit tricky background and it is still a little bit tricky actually it's very surprising that they are recognizing a coalition of the force on top of the request of hillary clinton as a percentage of the syrian people and this is this doesn't make sense to me and to syria and it doesn't make sense politically given do you believe this latest group formed and over the weekend will act in accordance with the will of the syrian people. on the matter of what i believe they said they want to go. they wanted more weapons the first thing they said more workers more work and that's what we want and more workers are not in favor of the syrian people so your people are being killed with these weapons so not. france now who do you think will be next re
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under review for really pushing for the idea that there should be some sort of military action against iraq so there may well have been some sort of maneuvering behind the scenes by other senior intelligence officers to try and get rid of some of that may with the as not tied in with having a line which they don't agree with and which undermines their national state and it's we. will keep you updated on how this high stakes love story unfolds but you can always culture dot com as well where there's also a poll about what you think of the timing of all this the vote so far shows that just a third of you think the scandals part of a manufactured effort to prevent the trays from testifying on the bingos of killings as you can see there the less than a quarter of you say it's part of a drive to recall the military's leadership fifty believe the election was at the root of it all the affair was hushed up until obama was reelected and then by the same numbers you see there so you know look at all and you say it was ultimately the traces of the. you can have your say still plenty of time to do it
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right paperwork. 20 miles from me we have fort carson and all the soldiers when they come back from iraq and afghanistan, would love to have an m-4 for a souvenir because they carried these around for two or three years. for reasons like that. but you know, out of all the thousands of guns and thousands of people that own these guns, look how many very little problems we have compared to autoibles killing people. >> cenk: wait, wait, here's what i say about it--wait, wait, wait. okay. what i say about it, you're in colorado. in all seriousness aurora, colorado columbine you're in colorado! that's what the problem is. unfortunately, we're out of time man. i appreciate you coming on and showing the guns. you're a good sport for doing it but i got to be honest as i see all those guns i'm more convinced that they need to be banned. there is no legitimate reason to have those. that's my opinion. mel, i know you got a different one. but thank you for joining us. we really do appreciate it. >> we'll continue tomorrow night. >> cenk: sounds good. >> goodbye. >> cenk: okay, take care. when we com
right paperwork. 20 miles from me we have fort carson and all the soldiers when they come back from iraq and afghanistan, would love to have an m-4 for a souvenir because they carried these around for two or three years. for reasons like that. but you know, out of all the thousands of guns and thousands of people that own these guns, look how many very little problems we have compared to autoibles killing people. >> cenk: wait, wait, here's what i say about it--wait, wait, wait. okay....
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that all changed after caleb returned from two deployments in iraq. caleb was injured in multiple ied explosions. >> he was not only dealing with ptsd, but he was also dealing with traumatic brain injury, which very much changes somebody's personality. >> reporter: and changes the person caring for them. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> reporter: since 2007, she has been caleb's sole caretaker, dealing with her husband's night tremors, erratic mood swings and the physical injuries. vines says it's left her with scars of her own. >> he was having nightmares about iraq, a place i've never been, other than in pictures and that kind of thing. i got to where i didn't like crowded places just like my husband. it was all these sorts of things where literally i was almost mirroring his behavior. >> reporter: brandon's behavior has been recognized by the department of veterans affairs as secondary post traumatic stress disorder. deborah ander runs the va's program, which provides mental health services to care givers. >> although they didn't experience that initi
that all changed after caleb returned from two deployments in iraq. caleb was injured in multiple ied explosions. >> he was not only dealing with ptsd, but he was also dealing with traumatic brain injury, which very much changes somebody's personality. >> reporter: and changes the person caring for them. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> reporter: since 2007, she has been caleb's sole caretaker, dealing with her husband's night tremors, erratic mood swings and the physical...
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he served this country with great distinction in iraq, in afghanistan and as head of the cia. by his own assessment he did not meet the standards that he felt were necessary as the director of the cia with respect to this personal matter that he's now dealing with, with his family and with his wife. and it's on that basis that he tendered his resignation and i accepted it. >> the house panel is looking into the government's handling of the deadly september attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. tomorrow they will hear from david petraeus. susan mcginnis is in washington with more. >> reporter: this is something congressional leaders have been calling for and now general petraeus will be here on capitol hill. his input is seen as critical regarding the attacks in benghazi and also he's expected to be asked about his affair and that fbi investigation. after calls by congressional leadership former cia director david petraeus will testify before congress tomorrow about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. petraeus was scheduled to testify today before a house intelligenc
he served this country with great distinction in iraq, in afghanistan and as head of the cia. by his own assessment he did not meet the standards that he felt were necessary as the director of the cia with respect to this personal matter that he's now dealing with, with his family and with his wife. and it's on that basis that he tendered his resignation and i accepted it. >> the house panel is looking into the government's handling of the deadly september attack on the u.s. consulate in...
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even after we're out of afghanistan and iraq, the middle east is a mess. the iran situation is a conundrum and china is omnipresent. for defense, colin powell among the wisest and thoughtful military leaders out there plain and simple. the ccny grad, too. dennis or gary. dennis has proven to his advocacy of better markets they've fully understands and actions that need to be brought and during his more than 15 years as a partner one of the nation's largest and finest law firms, he proved he knows the actual nuts and bolts of the lawyering that is used to mask what is going on. genser will has been a wonderful rice for reform from his perch at the cftc. proven where you come from is effective of how you think. >> joe, the other half of the krugman equation. his nobel and writings prove he, too, is one of the few who's been right and doesn't cave to the establishment on wall street. for director of the omb reasonert reich. read hig books transcripts on the show. bring him back. for energy my colleague jennifer granholm. last thing we want is to lose her here
even after we're out of afghanistan and iraq, the middle east is a mess. the iran situation is a conundrum and china is omnipresent. for defense, colin powell among the wisest and thoughtful military leaders out there plain and simple. the ccny grad, too. dennis or gary. dennis has proven to his advocacy of better markets they've fully understands and actions that need to be brought and during his more than 15 years as a partner one of the nation's largest and finest law firms, he proved he...
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we get 56,000 killed and wounded in action fighting in iraq and afghanistan. there's 2.4 million people in the department of defense. so i think these are shocking incidents and people gratefully are unsettled. it's a personal tragedy for general petraeus and his family, which makes me sad. but there's a bit of me that says, look, we just went through a presidential election and neither candidate said one word about $7 billion a month in afghanistan and 300 or more killed or wounded a month. sometimes i wonder about america's priorities and what we think is important. >> absolutely. you have some people who say this is a distraction from the fiscal cliff debate and a lot of other things. do you believe given what we know now and the answers that must be presented, are there legitimate questions regarding if there was e-mails or classified information? the volume alone that's alleged with general allen, are there legitimate questions that can placed without asking if our priorities are in line? you have to hold people accountable in the armed forces. that's our
we get 56,000 killed and wounded in action fighting in iraq and afghanistan. there's 2.4 million people in the department of defense. so i think these are shocking incidents and people gratefully are unsettled. it's a personal tragedy for general petraeus and his family, which makes me sad. but there's a bit of me that says, look, we just went through a presidential election and neither candidate said one word about $7 billion a month in afghanistan and 300 or more killed or wounded a month....
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bombings across the rock had killed 12 people and dozens more have been wounded in the first attack -- in iraq. and another bomb went off as police were gathered in that area. and even more car bombs went off in the baghdad area. no immediate claim of responsibility. though these types of suicide bombings are a favorite of al qaida . >> thank you the trial of the bowie state university student charged with killing her roommate resumes. alexis simpson accused with killing dominique frazier to death. one testified a friend fought alex some senseimpson. >> is 5:06. 37 degrees. >> still ahead, caught on tape and baltimore, a fight between a bus driver and a ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ girl ] dear santa... ♪ ♪ dear santa i want a ballerina tutu, a pink bike, a unicorn night-light... [ female announcer ] this year bring their wish list to life. [ girl ] ...princess doll, markers... lexical side and australia where many watched this total eclipse. the next total solar eclipse will not have until march 2015. >> that is beautiful. jacqui jeras was showing as pictures of the northern lights which are
bombings across the rock had killed 12 people and dozens more have been wounded in the first attack -- in iraq. and another bomb went off as police were gathered in that area. and even more car bombs went off in the baghdad area. no immediate claim of responsibility. though these types of suicide bombings are a favorite of al qaida . >> thank you the trial of the bowie state university student charged with killing her roommate resumes. alexis simpson accused with killing dominique frazier...
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dunford has served 22 months in iraq, he was nominated by president obama october 10. part of his mission would be to help get u.s. forces out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. that vacancy at the c.i.a. is one of many openings in the obama administration. the secretaries of state, treasury, and defense would all like to leave. so what who's coming in? nancy cordes is at the white house for us tonight. nancy? >> reporter: scott, white house officials told me today that u.n. ambassador susan rice is the front-winner to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state despite some strong opposition from some republicans. the 47-year-old u.n. ambassador is a close confidante of president obama, a former rhodes scholar who served as an assistant secretary of state under president clinton. she came under fire from republicans for what she said five days after the attack in benghazi, libya, that killed four americans. here was race on "face the nation." >> we do not have information at present that leads us to conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned. >> reporter: tha
dunford has served 22 months in iraq, he was nominated by president obama october 10. part of his mission would be to help get u.s. forces out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. that vacancy at the c.i.a. is one of many openings in the obama administration. the secretaries of state, treasury, and defense would all like to leave. so what who's coming in? nancy cordes is at the white house for us tonight. nancy? >> reporter: scott, white house officials told me today that u.n. ambassador...
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. >> a first of its kind program is using inmates to help assist those wounded in combat in iraq and afghanistan. matt jablow reports from hagerstown, maryland. >> reporter: terry dorsey says of all the difficult things about raising young dogs. >> you never know what they're going to get into. >> reporter: one of the most difficult for him is putting them in their crates at night. >> being locked up, i know that feeling. they haven't even done anything, you know. >> reporter: that's because after about ten years at the hagerstown correctional institution, dorsey says he wouldn't wish a life behind bars on his worst enemy much less his new best friend. >> no matter what happened through the day, you can go to:and he's going to be the same. >> reporter: terry dorsey is one about a dozen inmates at the hagerstown prison taking part in a brand new program. >> easy. good girl. >> reporter: that uses inmates who are veterans. >> i was a combat engineer. >> i was a hospital corpsman. >> it's a strange thing to wake up in a penal facility to hear a dog barking glndz a train service dogs tha
. >> a first of its kind program is using inmates to help assist those wounded in combat in iraq and afghanistan. matt jablow reports from hagerstown, maryland. >> reporter: terry dorsey says of all the difficult things about raising young dogs. >> you never know what they're going to get into. >> reporter: one of the most difficult for him is putting them in their crates at night. >> being locked up, i know that feeling. they haven't even done anything, you know....
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at her face. 39-year-old bales, a married father of two young children, served four tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan. he was arrested after returning to base early in the morning of march 11th, covered in blood. fellow soldiers have testified he had been drinking. sergeant jason mclachlan said bales admitted he shot up some people. none of the survivors could identify bales as the gunman. this girl was 7 years old when she was shot in the head, wearing the scarf that hit her wounds, she told the court her attacker was wearing a t-shirt and khaki pants. this 14-year-old testified that he begged the gunman not to shoot. we kept saying we are children, we are children. bales' wife carrie was in the courtroom. in july, she told "cbs this morning" she didn't believe her husband was capable of the murders. >> i really want a fair trial for my husband so that the facts do come out. my children deserve to be proud of their father because he sacrificed a lot for his country and has been away from our family too often. >> reporter: final arguments are tuesday, and then a u.s. army colonel will
at her face. 39-year-old bales, a married father of two young children, served four tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan. he was arrested after returning to base early in the morning of march 11th, covered in blood. fellow soldiers have testified he had been drinking. sergeant jason mclachlan said bales admitted he shot up some people. none of the survivors could identify bales as the gunman. this girl was 7 years old when she was shot in the head, wearing the scarf that hit her wounds, she...
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he served this country with great distinction in iraq, in afghanistan, and as head of the c.i.a. by his own assessment, he did not meet standards that he felt were necessary as the director of the c.i.a. with respect to this personal matter that he is now dealing with, with his family, and with his wife. and it's on that basis that he tendered his resignation, and it's on that base they accepted it. >> pelley: in the same question, the president was asked about general john allen, commander of the u.s. forces in afghanistan and his nominee to lead nato. but mr. obama was silent on allen. the same f.b.i. investigation uncovered e-mails between allen and a socialite, jill kelly, who hosted functions for central command in tampa, where both petraeus and allen had worked. based on those e-mails, mr. obama placed allen's nomination to nato on hold. bob orr has our story tonight from washington. >> reporter: the career of general john allen hinges on the content of some 200 e-mails he exchanged with jill kelly. sources say allen was confronted with some of the e-mails by the chairman o
he served this country with great distinction in iraq, in afghanistan, and as head of the c.i.a. by his own assessment, he did not meet standards that he felt were necessary as the director of the c.i.a. with respect to this personal matter that he is now dealing with, with his family, and with his wife. and it's on that basis that he tendered his resignation, and it's on that base they accepted it. >> pelley: in the same question, the president was asked about general john allen,...
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at least 24 people at and killed and more than 100 wounded in a series of bombings across iraq. a multiple explosions were reported in at least four different areas, including baghdad and kirkuk. israel and palestinian leaders in gaza have agreed to attack -- agreed to a tacit truce following days of violence in the gaza strip. at least seven palestinians have been killed in israeli attacks on gaza since saturday. eight israeli civilians have also been wounded by palestinian rockets. the temporary ceasefire was brokered by the egyptian government, but both sides say they're prepared to resume attacks if it fails. the united nations general assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn the u.s. embargo against cuba for the 21st year in a row. the final vote was 188 to 3, with only israel and the pacific island state of palau joining the united states. u.s. envoy abroad -- robert goddard urged fellow general assembly delegates to reject the measure. >> this resolution also serves to distract the real problems facing the cuban people, therefore, my delegation will oppose it. we enco
at least 24 people at and killed and more than 100 wounded in a series of bombings across iraq. a multiple explosions were reported in at least four different areas, including baghdad and kirkuk. israel and palestinian leaders in gaza have agreed to attack -- agreed to a tacit truce following days of violence in the gaza strip. at least seven palestinians have been killed in israeli attacks on gaza since saturday. eight israeli civilians have also been wounded by palestinian rockets. the...
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. >>> right now breaking news from iraq. a series of car bombs exploded across the country, killing at least 17 people and injuring dozens of others. the deadliest explosion happened in the city of kirkuk. four car bombs exploded there. an hour later another parked car exploded at an army patrol west of kirkuk. also an iraqi army patrol. another car bomb exploded in central baghdad. killed one person and injured nine others. iraqi investigators believe insurgents targeted a military convoy. another car bomb exploded in a village market south of baghdad. >>> defense secretary leon panetta is offering support to the top u.s. commander in baghdad even as he's under investigation for e-mails he received. his nomination to head european command is on hold pending the investigation. >> no one should leap to any conclusions. no one should leap to any conclusions here. general allen is doing an excellent job at isap in leading those forces. he certainly has my continued confidence to lead our forces and to continue the fight. but hi
. >>> right now breaking news from iraq. a series of car bombs exploded across the country, killing at least 17 people and injuring dozens of others. the deadliest explosion happened in the city of kirkuk. four car bombs exploded there. an hour later another parked car exploded at an army patrol west of kirkuk. also an iraqi army patrol. another car bomb exploded in central baghdad. killed one person and injured nine others. iraqi investigators believe insurgents targeted a military...
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we went through the stop leave and multiple tours of duty during iraq, which was so many strains, mental, physical, marital on the people fighting and their families. now this is at a high level, possibly a dramatization of the strains even in the privileged part of the military complex. i just -- the public is not engaged. it's 1% of the country that's fighting this war. most people sadly don't know people involved in the effort. so it's out of sight, out of mind. this will maybe cast a spotlight, but will it be forgotten as we return to the fiscal cliff or whatever we return to next month or next week. >> in terms of the petraeus affair as it were itself, the story is definitely getting more sorted as days go by, which i think is why it continues to hold public attention so far. as it is getting more sorted, though, it is just getting more personal, or do you actually see it getting more political now? is this at this point a scandal or a tragedy? >> i think it's just a tragedy. i mean, based on what we know now, it seems to be there's some things about it that are scandalous. i don't
we went through the stop leave and multiple tours of duty during iraq, which was so many strains, mental, physical, marital on the people fighting and their families. now this is at a high level, possibly a dramatization of the strains even in the privileged part of the military complex. i just -- the public is not engaged. it's 1% of the country that's fighting this war. most people sadly don't know people involved in the effort. so it's out of sight, out of mind. this will maybe cast a...